Ypsilanti High School - Ypsi Dixit Yearbook (Ypsilanti, MI)

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which they raised higher and higher each year, and join with them in congratulating succeeding managements for the able manner in which they have not only maintained these standards but raised them still higher. We all congratulate the Ypsilanti High School for possessing such strong publications and join with it and all members of the alumni in expressing our deep sorrow for the loss of two such staunch supporters as Ray Rowley and Bruce McPherson, who were largely responsible for making THE CuHar and Drxrt what they are. Fitcu D. ForsytHuHe, ’02. 19038. S INCE the time of Adam it has been the custom of man to put his deeds in song and story for the edification of future generations. When the art of printing was discovered man found a still stronger tie to bind himself to his descend- ents and to give them a more adequate idea of what a remark- ably wise chap he really was. Doubtless this same spirit moved THE Dixit management of nineteen hundred three. They were very anxious that the world at large (at 50c per) should realize to some extent the principal doings at the Ypsilanti High School. THe Drxir has in the past few years grown to be a fixture of the High School, and its appearance is looked forward to with as much, and perhaps more. interest than any other event of the school year. It is a well known fact that history is being made every day, but what is the use of manufacturing wholesale history if we do not preserve it. Right here is where THE Drxrr gets in its work. Instead of letting the brilliant deeds of brain or muscle, or perhaps a little of both, flash up and then be for- gotten, THE Drxir keeps them before the public eye in all their undimmed glory. Whether or not THe Drxrrt has really accomplished the purpose for which it was instituted is a question for each indi- vidual to determine for himself. But to those who have gone out of the High School it serves as a tie by which old remem- brances are not forgotten, nor old friendships entirely severed. GEORGE BURKE, ’03.

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The faults? We do not need to speak of them. They cannot escape the eye of anyone who will compare the publi- cations of that year with the output of succeeding years. One thing is noted in such a comparison, however, which affords the management of 1899-1900 much gratification. And that is, that recent editors have seen fit to retain so many of the features then introduced. We are proud of THe Drxir and THE Cuat, and hope they may continue to improve as they have steadily done since they were founded. Lewis L. ForsyTHE, ‘oo. 1901 - 1902. WW HILE there were no striking changes made in THE CHAT and Drixrr during the school year of 1901-1902, the main object of the management, which was to keep up the marked improvement of these publications which had been very noticeable each year since their. origin, was realized to a considerable degree, we are proud to believe. What the extent of this improvement might have been is not for us to judge, but if our readers have been able to detect that THE CHAT and Dixir of the above school year were better in any way than preceding ones, on account of the addition of some features and the omission of others, and their general arrangement and appearance, both inside and out, we wish to share the credit for such an improvement with the students who were attend- ing the Y. H. S. at that time, for our success was due to a great extent to their timely and earnest support. We realized that there was a possibility of improving THE CHat and Drxtr in many ways, which naturally would be possible, considering that they had been in existence only a few years, and we aspired to such an accomplishment, not for the benefit we would re- ceive ourselves, but because it was our duty as loyal members of the ¥ HS. An d now as we go back once more and take our places as managers of THE CHat and Drxrr for ’o1 and ’o2, and look over the corresponding issues that preceded and those that have followed, we heartily congratulate former managements for these publications which they established and the standards of

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The Student Publication. N THE modern school the student publication has become a recognized important factor. In its columns is recorded the current history of the school which it represents. It even reflects, in a way, something of the spirit, the enterprise, and the social ideals of the community. Recognition of its import- ance in this way is attested, in our own case, by the fact that a recent accession to the High School Library consisted of three bound volumes of THE HicGH ScHooL CHAT. But the real purpose of the student publication, although it does duty in conserving the facts of school history, is to furnish a means of expression of all that is worthy in the life of the school. It brings the student who sees and knows but little outside the round of his own duties, into the lives and interests of his fellow-students. It fosters school pride and patriotism, and thus helps pave the way for the healthy manifestation of these sentiments and activities in after life. Again, through high ideals of scholarship, conduct, justice, honor, it is 1n its power to mold the moral tone of the school. Indeed, what the power of the daily and weekly press has become in the way of shaping public opinion, and what it may be in elevating the moral tone of the community, this the student publication may become and continue to be in the school. That the influence which has been exerted by THr HicH ScHoor CHat and Ypst-Drxir and that the principles for which they have stood have always been of the best, it is only fair to state. Kindly in criticism, discriminating in the char- acter of what has found a place on their pages, fair in their dealings and statements, loyal in their support of all that has tended to the interests of the school, they deserve the support of every student. They have set a standard which those, who, in the future, may have their management in charge, dare lower only at the risk of their usefulness and their own success. WILLIAM B. ARBAUGH. Superintendent.